RPD Public Information Officer Drew Latch said the department dispatched several patrol vehicles throughout Russellville’s neighborhoods, keeping traffic calm and the costumed children safe to collect their candy.

“We made sure that we patrolled the neighborhoods to ensure that traffic stayed slow, due to all the pedestrian traffic,” he said. “During Halloween, our biggest concern is just making sure the community is safe while they’re out trick-or-treating from house to house, so our biggest priority was just making sure we had officers patrolling the neighborhoods and keeping everyone safe and traffic slow.”

Latch said officers continued patrolling throughout the night to ensure there was no mischievous activity. He said the department responded to only five criminal mischief calls, which ranged from people toilet papering and egging houses to damaging property.

While the city was quiet for police Halloween night, police responded to a residence in the 200 block of Marina Road Thursday morning after receiving calls of a party the night before that left broken glass on the road.

Latch said highway department officials were called to clear the road of the glass after police were unable to make contact with the home owners.

On second attempt, the owners were contacted and ordered to clear the roadway and their neighbor’s driveway.

A Courier reporter visited the residence Thursday morning and observed the yard to be littered with beer cans and broken glass in the road’s shoulder.

Police said they’ve responded to the residence at least three other times due to parties and noise complaints.

Latch said typically during a noise complaint police will try to break up the party and advise guests to safely leave, and if officers have to come back, citations will be issued.

“If we see anything like underage drinking, then we will pursue that,” he said. “But if we don’t see that then we’ll advise everyone to break up and leave, and if we have to come back again citations are issued ... or if we’ve dealt with a house several times, the first time we show up we’ll write a ticket.”

He added anyone who finds broken glass in the roadway should call the highway or street department to clear it, and if criminal activity is suspected to contact police.